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Taxon:
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Digitaria
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Anthephorinae
Nomen number:
14039
Place of publication:
D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:430. 1919
Verified:
03/22/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
34
(
34
active,
7
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum milanjianum
Rendle
Autonym(s)
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf subsp.
milanjiana
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf var.
milanjiana
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Digitaria endlichii
Mez
Digitaria kilimandscharica
Mez
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf subsp.
eylesiana
Henrard
Digitaria milanjiana
(Rendle) Stapf var.
abscondita
Henrard
Digitaria mombasana
C. E. Hubb.
Digitaria swynnertonii
Rendle
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Reference(s)
Burkill, H. M.
1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 2:230.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Digitaria+milanjiana&quantity=1
Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al.
1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:123-124.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Webster, R. D. & R. B. Shaw.
1982. Relationship between
Digitaria milanjiana
(Poaceae: Paniceae) and the annual species of
Digitaria
section
Digitaria
in North America. Sida 9:333-343.
URL:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary
Zuloaga, F. O. et al.
2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:206.
Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
URL:
http://posa.sanbi.org/searchspp.php
Common names
English
digit grass –
Reference(s)
Milanje finger grass –
Reference(s)
woolly finger grass –
Reference(s)
Spanish
milanjiana –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Free State
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Transvaal
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Shaba
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
[Shaba]
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
[Free State, Transvaal]
Naturalized
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:123-124.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Name
References